Yep. More than the majority of people walking the streets however are sucked in..... and think they can't live without Mark Zuckerberg. He is their God.

Not giving a shait is apparently now some kind of Superpower. I feel like I'm on the A-Team and my Van is bullet proof.

Its a liberating feeling actually.

This is how I live my life on purpose. I like being alone or with my son.

I'm in a dozer alone all day at work then I go home to be alone. I love it. I was totally opposite when I was younger, always wanting to hangout with friends. Once I hit around 35, I'd rather be alone. I keep a handful of people in my circle but it's rare that I talk to them. When I crave conversation I call them but not often. My son is the only person that I absolutely love to be around. I quit dating and don't even want a girlfriend anytime soon. My favorite thing to do is stay at home alone and enjoy my little house and little yard. No phone ringing. I have a peaceful queit life intentionally and it's awesome.

I'm so busy with work, raising a kid and maintaining a house that I don't have the energy or time to be social. After I get my house remodeled, maybe I will make time but it's become a hobby that replaced my social life.

I know what you mean RoadKill, I think about what you said in this post often.

Even though I love being alone, it doesn't feel normal. I think we are all wired to have a wife and family around us.

I enjoy being invisible. I’m happy that way . Wife says I’m a hermit . No social media for me unless you call this aldeer social media which I don t . I like it that way . I have lots of friends an family pass away last couple years . So many I forget sometimes who has passed .but I’ve never had a lonely moment in my life . No kids just wife an mom. Guess everyone deals with thing differently. I have lots really good friends that would give me shirt off their back an i would them but everyone got family an kids an we don t see each other often but we all good with that . If I was on the reality tv show alone they probably have make me leave .

Roadkill has the post of the day for us old folks!

Agreed.

I’m 63, I retired from a nice job 8 years ago. In my position, I had a lot of power in my job, with that brought a lot of “friends”. People were always asking for favors. My last week on he job the retired chief of police called me to congratulate me on my retirement. He made a statement I will never forget. He said “you are about to find out who your real friends are” when he retired as police chief, he could no longer do favors, his circle of friends shrunk tremendously. Same thing happened to me, people who I thought were my friend, stopped calling, stopped coming by, basically made me invisible. I now have fewer “friends”, but the friends I have are true friends. Getting older and becoming invisible is a good thing. I have nobody to please but my lord, my wife. Even my grown kids don’t come around much unless they need something. All that said, I lead an invisible, happy, stress free life!!

Old soldiers like us my 12 Bravo friend never die, we just fade away.

True - but a large part of it is how people perceive you. I'm the same person I was 50 years ago. I think the same, same values, interests, ect. But a while back I started getting "The Look". At first I didn't understand and wondered what I was doing wrong. You go somewhere, anywhere, and immediately notice that people don't see you. If they don't abjectly ignore you they have no interest in you at all. It was never that way before. So you have be insistent on being seen, served, or even acknowledged that you are there. And "The Look" is like daggers if you hesitate or fumble with a credit card, can't read a digital display, push a wrong button. or get the drink machine menu mixed up.

So you become invisible. You have no value- you simply do not matter anymore.

Youre ok with me. And i didnt forget you

This is one of the saddest threads I have read on here.

Les Miles wanted an invisible player on the field , maybe you could go play for him

Thanks and no you didn't. Really appreciate it too,

I'll keep that in mind, Thanks for the suggestion.

None of are invisible to the Lord.

I think real friends are hard to find but I'd rather 1 good friend than 30 so called friends.
Whatever we're going thru God cares..even when we don't realize it.

Do a new activity to make new friends.Try stuff you've never done before.

The Bible says man and woman are to be together. That’s part of God’s plan.

But I definitely understand the desire to be alone, and how moving to the middle of Wyoming or somewhere darn sure sounds inviting.

I feel this way a lot. Like I’m trapped in some type of time zone that I don’t belong in. I know that stare too. Alone in a room full of people. Looking forward to growing old in this house alone. I’m not even joking.

Throughout history many cultures actually revered the elders for their knowledge and wisdom. Not so true in this day and time. The world is changing to fast. The skills we learned and the knowledge that we have is no longer relevant to the younger folks.

However, unless our Savior comes back beforehand, these skills and knowledge WILL be relevant again in the future. I hope there are still enough old farts like us to pass it on. Some things just aren't learned by looking at a computer screen.

You matter to this little corner of the interweb and slice of Alabama! And I’m sure to family too.

I’m starting to learn what you mean though. At home I’m a bill-paying, yard-cutting, trash-taking-out machine. At work I’m a problem dumping ground. If I ceased being functional in any of that, my visibility cross section would shrink dramatically.

I am just the opposite. Mrs. Irish too, and when we are together it makes it even more so.

I was out for a little ride the other day and I met 3 new friends. People seem to always want to come up and strike up a conversation. Gas stations, bars, cafe's, etc... It's even worse when I'm on my motorcycle or in my Jeep.

When I meet new friends now and we exchange numbers, including their names, I have to write a short blurb about how we met so when they text me or call me I can remember who the hell they are.

Some of our best friends we have met this way, it's really strange.

I think God intentionally puts people in your path for a variety of reasons. I don't think any of it is random.